公开(公告)号：US3625001A

公开(公告)日：1971-12-07

申请号：US3625001D

申请日：1970-05-13

Applicant: TEXTRON INC

Inventor： LEVINGER PAUL

IPC: A44C5/02 ,  A44C5/08 ,  F16G13/24

CPC classification number: A44C5/02 ,  A44C5/08

Abstract: A LINK FOR USE IN MAKING A LINKAGE A WATCH BRACELET OR SIMILAR ARTICLE AND AN EXPANSIBLE LINKAGE MADE FROM A SERIES OF SUCH LINKS. EACH LINK INCLUDES AN INNER LINK HAVING TOP, SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS. AN ORANMENTAL INSERT IS POSITIONED ABOVE THE TOP WALL OF EACH INNER LINK AND AT LEAST ITS UPPER PORTION IS WIDER THAN THE TOP WALL OF THE INNER LINK. THE INSERT IS SECURED TO THE INNER LINK BY A RETAINING MEMBER WHICH HAS INWARDLY EXTENDING END FLANGES WHICH ENGAGES THE UPPER SURFACES OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING END MEMBERS OF THE INSERT. WHEN A PLURALITY OF SUCH LINKS ARE ASSEMBLED SIDE BY SIDE IN A LINKAGE AND THE LINKAGE IS VIEWED FROM THE TOP, THE SIDES OF THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE INSERTS ABUT EACH OTHER AND THE INSERTS PERSENT THE APPEARANCE OF A RIBBON EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGES OF THE RETAINING MEMBERS.